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Department:: Advising & Life Map
Locations:: Boston, MA
Posted:: Jan 5, 2024
Closes:: Jan 19, 2024 - 11:59 PM EST
Type:: Full-time
Ref. No.:: UNP
Position ID:: 171452
About Bunker Hill Community College:
Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is a multi-campus institution with vibrant, urban campuses in Boston, Massachusetts, in nearby Chelsea, Massachusetts, and at several satellites and instructional sites throughout the Greater Boston area. The largest of the 15 community colleges in Massachusetts, BHCC serves some 18,000 students annually, focusing on holistic student services to ensure student retention and persistence. The College offers certificates and associate degrees, early college and dual enrollment, non-credit community and corporate training, and industry-specific training programs. BHCC is the 8th most diverse higher education institution in the United States, and is an Asian American and Pacific Islander Serving Institution. Bunker Hill is also a Hispanic Service Institution, defined as an institution that has an enrollment of undergrad full-time equivalent students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic students. Approximately 1000 international students attend from 100 countries, speaking more than 75 languages.
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Job Description:
The Success Coach (Academic Counselor) is a full-time, tenure track position reporting to the Director of Advising & LifeMap. The Success Coach is responsible for participation in the development of and delivering culturally responsive services and programming. Using an equity-based student-centered philosophy, the coach will help students stay engaged and on track to complete their ELL course(s). In addition, the coach will assist students with exploring their academic goals and career interests and aid them in the development of a Financial-Academic-Career (FAC) Plan. As part of this process the coach will track student progress, complete outreach, and provide support at key junctures. The coach will also participate in the facilitation of Steps to Success (STS) workshops and building of group identity through social networking and participation in BHCC Pathways-related co-curricular activities.
Specific Duties:
- Demonstrate multicultural competence, including awareness and understanding of historically minoritized and immigrant populations.
- Collaborate with other offices to provide a smooth transition and ongoing support for students enrolling in ELL courses.
- Employ a Developmental Model of Advising to guide students in the exploration of career and academic programs and pathways.
- Administer and interpret career assessments to match undecided students with a Learning Community.
- Utilize intrusive advising approaches to assist students with creating personalized financial, academic and career (FAC) plans.
- Proactively outreach and meet with students at key times for continuous needs assessment and connection to appropriate resources.
- Document meetings, student goals, and advice in Ellucian selfservice, Colleague and other student information systems.
- Use grade reports to monitor student retention and completion.
- Maintain an educational and work environment that affirms commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion by providing a highly supportive, culturally responsive, and engaging environment for students.
- Collaborate with ELL faculty to integrate academic, career, and transfer advising across the curriculum; assisting with the design and/or initial facilitation of related classroom presentation.
- Assist the Coordinator of Success Coaching with faculty training on group advising, educational planning and career exploration activities.
- Participate in all required professional development.
Requirements:
- Master's degree in Education, Counseling, Psychology or a closely related field; with three (3) years of experience and/or training involving academic and/or financial advising which can be substituted for comparable experience in an institute of higher education or client-based community organization; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Knowledge of student development concepts and academic coaching strategies.
- Ability to communicate in English and an additional language (conversational fluency) and/or experience living in a country where English is not the primary language.
- Excellent, demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficient user of Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to work at least 2 Saturdays per month during peak registration.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in a community college and/or Minority Serving Institution (MSI)
- Experience working with adult learners and/or first-generation students.
- Proficiency in student information systems, such as Ellucian Colleague
Additional Information:
Salary Range: $63,288.00 - $64,292.00. Actual Salary Will Be Commensurate with Education & Experience in Accordance with MCCC/MTA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Full state Benefits.
Grade 5: Unit-Professional position
Review date: January 19, 2024
Application Instructions:
To be considered for this position please upload the following documents to your account:
- Resume
- Cover Letter
Please be sure to address the Required Qualifications in your documents.
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